Agnes of Novgorod

Agnes of Novgorod (1232-) was a Princess of the Holy Roman Empire who married Prince Dmitrii of Novgorod. She was the Grand Duchess of Novgorod from 1279 until the death of her husband.

Biography
Agnes was the daughter of Frederick II of Germany, born in Magdeburg in 1232. In 1261, at the age of 29, she was wedded to Prince Dmitrii of Novgorod to form a diplomatic alliance between the House of Hohenstaufen and the House of Nevski, two strong eastern European powers. Agnes produced a few children with Dmitrii, and became Grand Duchess of Novgorod in 1279, succeeding Khristin of Novgorod.